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Recent Examples of self-recrimination
Claude can’t disentangle her years-ago affair with Mathias from feelings of self-recrimination and guilt, and seesaws between anger and seduction.
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Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Si-eun must fight through a fog of self-recrimination.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
From her sharp scolding of a student nurse to her own tears of self-recrimination, Floria is a full-blooded and beautifully etched character and, yes, a heroine.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Studies show that forgiving yourself for previous delays neutralizes procrastination, as does self-compassion, which provides shock absorbers against self-recrimination.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Matty’s mixed-up feelings about Ellie — a combination of rage, grief, self-pity, and self-recrimination — may end up having a profound effect on how her mission within Jacobson-Moore plays out.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
This time, the Ravens’ pass rush did not let them down
For all the self-recrimination expressed by Humphrey and others, the Ravens’ defense actually kept them in the game while their offense inexplicably sputtered for the first 30 minutes.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2024
This could lead to guilty feelings or self-recrimination.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2024
Bush administration officials could have responded to the attacks with chagrin and self-recrimination, conceding (at least tacitly) that their initial national security priorities had been incorrect.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2017
Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Si-eun must fight through a fog of self-recrimination.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
From her sharp scolding of a student nurse to her own tears of self-recrimination, Floria is a full-blooded and beautifully etched character and, yes, a heroine.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Studies show that forgiving yourself for previous delays neutralizes procrastination, as does self-compassion, which provides shock absorbers against self-recrimination.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Matty’s mixed-up feelings about Ellie — a combination of rage, grief, self-pity, and self-recrimination — may end up having a profound effect on how her mission within Jacobson-Moore plays out.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
This time, the Ravens’ pass rush did not let them down
For all the self-recrimination expressed by Humphrey and others, the Ravens’ defense actually kept them in the game while their offense inexplicably sputtered for the first 30 minutes.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2024
This could lead to guilty feelings or self-recrimination.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2024
Bush administration officials could have responded to the attacks with chagrin and self-recrimination, conceding (at least tacitly) that their initial national security priorities had been incorrect.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-recrimination
Noun
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The self-reproaches are reproaches against a loved object which have been shifted away from it on to the patient’s ego.—
Gary Greenberg,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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That guilt can deepen the cycle, turning what started as self-care into self-reproach.—
Christine Michel Carter,
Parents,
20 May 2025
Noun
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This element of self-accusation is what makes an apocalypse story distinctively modern.—
Adam Kirsch,
The Atlantic,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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But there’s no visual affirmation in the form of flashbacks.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
2 Oct. 2025
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Each was an exceptional play that delivered on defensive passing game coordinator Christian Parker’s summer affirmation that Mitchell could be one of the league’s greats.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Corry realized the game was up and blurted out her confession.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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In January 2010, a five-day hearing was held in the circuit court to hear testimony about Dassey's motion, much of which focused on evidence that his confession was coerced and that his trial counsel was ineffective.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But when devotion is self-betrayal, what then? • When devotion is self-betrayal, the body knows.—
Patrycja Humienik,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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This self-betrayal reduces your ability to engage in an unself-conscious, fully authentic way.—
Liz Kislik,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Though the song order is Easter egg intentional – as with everything Swift – it’s bookended by a declaration of romantic salvation and a narrative from the perspective of a weary, yet defiant showgirl.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Force majeure is a legal declaration allowing a company to temporarily halt contractual supply obligations.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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At the heart of the shutdown is an insistence by Democrats that the stopgap bill must include a provision to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, and a refusal by Republicans to include the credits in government funding negotiations.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
1 Oct. 2025
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And in that insistence, keep building legacy.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To be clear, Cheyava Falls is not confirmation that there was life on Mars.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The confirmation of drones over Germany comes as NATO's Denmark investigates a wave of drone disruption to its airports that officials have characterized as a hybrid attack, and coincides with Estonian, Polish, and Romanian accusations against Russia of serious airspace incursions.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Self-recrimination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-recrimination. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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